How to Beat Government Bonds — Using Social Security
For an investment return that tops those offered by hedge funds, insurance firms or Wall Street banks, baby boomers should look to Social Security. As Center on Longevity faculty affiliate John Shoven explains, the same math that is driving Social Security costs higher can provide fat returns for people approaching retirement. Read more >>>
May 17: Distinguished Lecture Series — “Darwin, Diet, Disease, and Dollars," Dr. Robert Lustig
Robert Lustig’s research focuses on the regulation of energy balance by the central nervous system. He is currently investigating the contribution of nutritional, neural, hormonal, and genetic influences in the expression of the current obesity epidemic both in children and adults. Co-sponsored by the Center on Longevity and Stanford School of Medicine’s Health Improvement Program (HIP), Dr. Lustig’s lecture will explain how the mismatch between our environment and our biochemistry has been hijacked by the food industry for its own purposes.
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Is the number/advancing age of baby boomers driving the debate on Healthcare Reform?
As part of its Ask Stanford Med series, Stefanos Zenios fielded a wide range of questions on healthcare innovation. Zenios is the founding director of the business school’s new Program in Healthcare Innovation and a Center on Longevity faculty affiliate.
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